Medieval Death Trip

On Medieval Death Trip, we feature a selected medieval text (often historical, occasionally literary) that touches on the odd, the gruesome, the unexpected, and similarly curious incidents, images, or ideas. In addition to presenting the text itself, each episode features commentary and musings upon that text.
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Feb 22
This is the best❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Ps the people who lived in the Middle Ages lived a rigged and awful life to bad they had no Wi-Fi
Great content
05/25/2024
Love the topic choices, length of episodes (long enough to bring out key aspects of subject matter, without going into the weeds for those like me who are still not too knowledgeable about the period), and the pace of delivery. (You would want to say “diminish”, not “mitigate” when you were making a joke about Gutenberg showing “mercy” to his adversary in one of his litigations, there in episode 100.)
Fascinating and Calming
10/01/2023
I love this podcast so much. It’s both fascinating and calming. I listen several times to each episode. I’m happy as soon as I hear the odd, beautiful electro-medieval opening music and the audio detail behind the narrative throughout the episode makes it that much more engrossing.
Tedious
10/03/2023
And oddly entertaining podcast that is well researched, but ultimately becomes tedious. The source material for this period is mostly obscure, while the constant analysis of etymology and such doesn’t make for a compelling listening.
Absolute Gem
07/19/2023
This is one of the best podcasts around. Other than he spends way too much time defending the Hebraics from mean medieval writers. Like they don’t need your help dude, we get constantly propagandized about how good and wonderful they are everywhere every day.
Nice
08/02/2023
I came across this looking for more information on Gerald of Wales. I listened to several episodes. Great stuff. Appreciate the breakdown of words and their roots. So much cool stuff newly lost to time in these old texts.
So good
04/30/2023
If you’re looking for obscure medieval texts with some awesome analysis, this is the podcast for you! Been a follower for a long time and I always learn something new. Also Patrick has a lovely tembre to his voice and is so eloquent; if you’re even reading this now, you’d be remiss not to check it out. Scroll the episode titles to find one that piques your interest and fire away; I promise you will find it interesting!
Love
04/02/2022
Smart, funny, insightful.
Excellent
03/26/2022
Rarely updating, but the back catalog is still worth checking out. Thank you for sharing these texts with us, Patrick! I like that you provide interesting analysis while still keeping the episodes a reasonable length.
One of the Best History Podcasts
09/28/2021
Patrick, Thanks for your show! I appreciate all the background you give to each text. It really helps to set the context and give the text its meaning. Whatever subject you turn to, I end up learning more than I would have thought. Bene studeas!
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- CreatorMedieval Death Trip
- Years Active2014 - 2025
- Episodes117
- RatingClean
- Copyright© 2025 Medieval Death Trip
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